Detroit Free Press Sports Writer

When San Francisco 49ers coach Jim Harbaugh arrived in Ann Arbor to work him out a few days before the NFL draft, Omameh was encouraged.

“I guess that was a sign things would work out,” Omameh said Monday at the Bob Ufer Quarterback Club banquet, where he was honored as a Spirit Award winner at Barton Hills Country Club. “I’d been in contact with the O-line coach and Jim himself a little bit for a week and a half and they set up a visit and asked, ‘Could you do a workout?’ ”

Of course, Omameh said yes. Harbaugh took snaps from him at center, and Omameh did drills as a guard (where he played at U-M) and tackle and quickly signed a free agent contract with the 49ers after the draft.

This weekend, he’ll be in their minicamp.

“I’m itching for it and ready to get back to football,” Omameh said. “I’m very confident in what I can do, and I’m getting good feedback from them and what they think about me.”

■ RINGER LEAVES: Freshman linebacker Kaleb Ringer has left the program, a U-M spokesman confirmed. Ringer attended U-M last season but redshirted and did not see game action after a knee injury in fall camp. He is from Clayton (Ohio) Northmont.

■ HAIL IN THE HALL? The College Football Hall of Fame’s 2013 class will be revealed today by the National Football Foundation with 12 former players and two coaches. U-M had inductees in the 2011 (Lloyd Carr) and 2010 (Desmond Howard) classes, making it 29 players and five coaches from the school. The ballot of 77 players and five coaches released in March featured a few former Michigan greats.

Erick Anderson, the 1991 Butkus Award winner and Big Ten co-defensive player of the year, offensive tackle Jumbo Elliott, a two-time first-team All-America in 1986-87 and the late running back Rob Lytle, a consensus All-America in 1976, are candidates.

■ AWARD: U-M swimmer Connor Jaegerwas selected the 2013 Michigan Male College Athlete of the Year by the Detroit Athletic Club. Jaeger was the Big Ten Swimmer of the Year, leading Michigan to the Big Ten and national championship and won individual national titles in the 500-yard freestyle and 1,650-yard freestyle.